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You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
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Laura - Aug 30, 2018 4:48:42 am PDT #1680 of 3463
Our wings are not tired.
Zenkitty - Aug 30, 2018 9:49:10 am PDT #1681 of 3463
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
ACKSHUALLY I think it's great and kinda progressive that POC can have a fluffy rom-com movie with no particular deeper meaning. White people been having meaningless rom-coms forEVER
Jesse - Aug 30, 2018 11:28:38 am PDT #1682 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I felt the same way about Love, Simon -- a totally fluffy teen love story, no big whoop. But gay! Yay!
Jessica - Aug 30, 2018 12:06:05 pm PDT #1683 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH has been using some of our vacation wifi to plan his TIFF schedule (which is insane as always) - maybe you'll cross paths!
Vonnie K - Aug 30, 2018 12:43:15 pm PDT #1684 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Your DH probably needs to cram more showings per day since journalists typically only stay 4-5 days. I've heard of people going to 6 screenings a day, which sounds craaaaazy. I am trying hard to limit myself to 3 a day max, although might have one or two days with 4 (but I usually end up regretting it the next day).
CANNOT WAIT YET AM ALREADY EXHAUSTED IN ANTICIPATION
Scrappy - Aug 30, 2018 4:28:36 pm PDT #1685 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
VONNIE I WILL BE EXHAUSTED FOR YOU PLEASE RELAX AND ENJOY ALL YOUR MOVIEGOING.
Vonnie K - Sep 03, 2018 4:44:53 pm PDT #1686 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Went to see a bunch of films during the Labour Day Weekend because apparently 27 films I'm going to see in TIFF are not enough.
Little Stranger: a moody little gothic horror that's not particularly scary but has interesting things to say about grief and envy and class shift in post war England. Not too many people in the theater in the opening weekend during my screening, and looks like it's gonna pass through without much fanfare, which is a pity. Performances in it are very fine, especially by Ruth Wilson, whom I adore. I didn't realize this was based on a Sarah Waters novel until afterwards (no lesbians in this, I'm afraid.)
Juliet, Naked: I really liked the Nick Hornby novel this is based on, about a British woman nearing middle age whose boyfriend has a singular obsession with an obscure American indie rock musician. The movie is very well cast (I mean, Ethan Hawke as the '90's indie darling turned a shaggy, endearing mess? Perfect). A slight concoction, but a charming one.
Searching: STARRING JOHN CHO, BUT FOR REALSIES. Cho is a dad gone frantic after his 16 yo daughter goes missing. The big conceit is that the entire movie plays out on screens -- laptop, phone screen, TV -- every single scene. For a gimmicky fare like this, it is surprisingly gripping, and at times emotional (I wasn't expecting to cry in the first 5 mins of the film, for goodness' sake). I'm also chuffed to see two good movies headlined by Asian American actors in my local multiplex within a span of a month, like WHEN has that ever happened? (Never)
Atropa - Sep 03, 2018 6:26:29 pm PDT #1687 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Little Stranger: a moody little gothic horror that's not particularly scary but has interesting things to say about grief and envy and class shift in post war England.
I liked it, but not particularly scary is right.
Vonnie K - Sep 05, 2018 6:23:29 am PDT #1688 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
A bunch of exchanges later, the final TIFF schedule! [link]
I fear I've bitten off more than I could chew. 29 films in 9 days are definitely too many. I did make a point of not scheduling anything after 9 PM after the halfway point, but will probably end up skipping some screenings for the sake of stamina and sanity.
YAY and also YIKES
Laura - Sep 05, 2018 6:46:00 am PDT #1689 of 3463
Our wings are not tired.
Wow, that is a lot! I'm looking forward to hearing the tales.